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Sep02
Why do engineers write numbers the way they do?
No, I don't mean exponentials - as a mere economist, I can just about manage them!
It just that, in writing a report, they will typically write 'The system needs 28 no. point ends' when it actually needs 28 point ends.
There was an example in a magazine I was reading today - a building was being protected from earthquakes by 'using 292 nos. pendulum seismic isolators'.
This seems odd. Can some engineer - or some teacher of engineers - tell me what the rationale is, please?
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